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South Carolina Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
31,173 85.05% $73,270 H-1B
3,886 10.60% $361,724 PERM
1,290 3.52% $25,207 H-2A
305 0.83% $83,996 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, South Carolina has seen a total of 36,654 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in South Carolina is the H-1B visa with 31,173 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.05% of South Carolina's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 3,886 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 10.60% of South Carolina's total visas.

Top Occupations in South Carolina (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Technology Project Managers 131 $84,836 80.37%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 127 $62,662 81.94%
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 127 $41,282 86.39%
Financial Analysts 125 $63,058 86.81%
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 122 $40,630 88.41%
Web Developers 120 $56,999 88.89%
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 119 $40,390 88.81%
Engineers, All Other 112 $64,553 84.85%
Statisticians 112 $59,162 85.50%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 108 $71,231 88.52%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 15 $57,776 68.18%
Logisticians 15 $58,833 68.18%
Industrial Production Managers 13 $89,540 65.00%
Chemists 13 $61,738 65.00%
Sales Engineers 12 $89,771 60.00%
Management Analysts 12 $63,050 63.16%
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 12 $40,758 66.67%
Civil Engineers 11 $66,146 61.11%
Materials Engineers 11 $70,468 64.71%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 11 $48,617 68.75%
South Carolina Employees Over Time
South Carolina has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,298 employees were hired. South Carolina peaked in 2024 with 2,789 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 415 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in South Carolina From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
United Kingdom 22 $67,927 46.81%
Thailand 21 $24,311 45.65%
Nigeria 21 $41,196 48.84%
Hong Kong 20 $19,473 46.51%
Costa Rica 16 $23,163 37.21%
Venezuela 16 $32,586 37.21%
Dominican Republic 15 $29,359 37.50%
Romania 14 $47,769 40.00%
South Africa 13 $32,389 37.14%
France 11 $84,257 34.38%

Top Hiring Companies in South Carolina (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services Llc 104 $59,448 93.69%
Infor Us Inc 102 $79,688 92.73%
Valuelabs Inc 101 $72,288 95.28%
Computer Sciences Corporation 101 $68,202 96.19%
Fairfield County School District 100 $43,526 96.15%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited 98 $66,970 94.23%
P3 Geeks Inc 96 $50,956 92.31%
Quest Global Services Na Inc 95 $68,169 92.23%
Randstad Technologies Llc 95 $94,238 92.23%
Zf Transmissions Gray Court Llc 93 $69,936 90.29%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pe And J Inc 8 $22,825 100.00%
Sr Turf Irrigation Equipment Llc 7 $25,507 100.00%
Geary C Jolley Farms 7 $22,497 100.00%
Steven Boyd 7 $27,370 100.00%
Gracia Sons Llc 7 $32,617 100.00%
Culler Holstein Gin Inc 7 $25,198 100.00%
Rogers Brothers Farm 7 $27,117 100.00%
Johnson Enterprises 7 $27,483 100.00%
South Carolina Growers Association 7 $21,857 100.00%
Atkinson Produce 7 $24,680 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rbus Inc 12 $103,860 29.27%
Jerry Case Inc 11 $17,389 27.50%
Calhoun County School District 10 $41,581 26.32%
Bamberg County School District Two 10 $31,495 26.32%
Mercedesbenz Vans Llc 10 $97,621 27.78%
Robert Bosch Llc 9 $96,553 25.00%
Wofford College 9 $45,824 25.71%
Dimension Data North America 9 $92,294 25.71%
Datasoft Technologies Inc 9 $67,032 26.47%
Trinet Usa Inc 9 $118,574 27.27%

Top Industries in South Carolina (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vegetable And Melon Farming 300 $26,135 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 246 $23,761 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 127 $26,161 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 104 $27,381 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 102 $24,563 100.00%
Tobacco Farming 67 $25,350 100.00%
Potato Farming 61 $26,916 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 50 $26,739 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 41 $28,387 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 28 $27,195 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Poultry Processing 1,166 $16,793 100.00%
Janitorial Services 957 $2,030,537 100.00%
Limited Service Restaurants 708 $18,540 100.00%
Custom Computer Programming Services 553 $88,140 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 520 $52,723 100.00%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 355 $40,463 100.00%
Full Service Restaurants 256 $22,318 100.00%
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities 171 $24,385 100.00%
Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing 161 $17,683 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 156 $145,263 100.00%

South Carolina Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in South Carolina to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in South Carolina over all years is $73,270. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage